Legal Opinion
Rweyemamu v. Cote
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 21, 2008No. Docket 06-1041-cvPublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Circuit Judge:
Alleging that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich, through its Bishop, misapplied canon law in denying him a requested promotion and, ultimately, in terminating him, Father Justinian Rwey- emamu, an African-American Catholic priest, claims racial discrimination in a Title VII suit against the Bishop and the Diocese. After the district court dismissed the suit pursuant to the “ministerial exception,” Father Justinian appealed. The question we must decide is whether, under the First Amendment, Title VII is unconstitutional as applied in this case. In…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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